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Absurdity in Mosiah

  1. And it came to pass

  2. Exceedingly

  3. Dwindling in unbelief

  4. Lehi, a 7th century Israelite, was taught in the language of the Egyptians. 1:4

  5. A seer is greater than a prophet. He is a revelator with a Divine gift that is greater than all others. 8:15

  6. "And a fifth part of their ziff"
    Oh no! Zeniff made the people give up a fifth of the ziff! Now that would be hard to live with. 11:3

  7. "King Noah built many elegant and spacious buildings" ornamented with gold, silver, iron, brass, copper, and ziff.
    Why is there no evidence for these fancy buildings? There were many of them, decorated with gold and silver. Where are they now? And the metallurgy technology for iron and brass didn't exist prior to European contact. But there was plenty of ziff around at the time so that wouldn't have been a problem. 11:8

  8. God will smite his people with sore afflictions, famine, pestilence, and will cause them to howl all the day long. 12:4

  9. "Yea, even doth not Isaiah say:"
    Joseph Smith adds another chapter from Isaiah (53) as filler. 14:1

  10. Jesus is both the Father and the Son! 15:2-3

  11. All this was done in Mormon, yea, by the waters of Mormon, in the forest that was near the waters of Mormon; yea, the place of Mormon, the waters of Mormon, the forest of Mormon. 18:30

  12. The evil Amulon put guards on Alma and his people, ordering them to kill whoever prays outloud. 24:11

  13. Mosiah translated the Jaredite plates by looking at stones in the bottom os a hat -- just like Joseph Smith did with the Book of Mormon! 28:13

  14. A seer is someone who can translate things by looking at stones in the bottom of a hat. 28:16

  15. The Jaredite sailed to the New World after God confounded human language at the Tower of Babel. 28:17